Fireborn: Dragon Skips Dinner

In honor of being awarded a Prolific Blogger Award, by someone who loves Fireborn, I'm posting a second chapter this week.

(For new readers, the story starts here.)

Thank you to everyone who's reading!

DRAGON

Dragon walked away from Lotus and the healer, remembering that Orchid had come back after taking the grass into town, asking after Skimmer. And he hadn’t seen Skimmer all day. Could Skimmer really be fireborn?

But if he was, Orchid would have hidden him somewhere and come to tell her Mom she’d solved the mystery. And she hadn’t.

And the longer he thought about it, the more Dragon remembered all the petty little tricks Skimmer played on the younger kids when he thought no one was looking. He liked Orchid’s spunk, but she was so tiny—if Skimmer got her alone, there was no telling what he’d do. Especially if he took offense at her thinking he might be Fireborn. ( Read more... )

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As always, I hope you'll take a moment to leave a comment!

 

And for new sponsors, here is a link to the patrons-only short story, Butterfly Dream (a peek at the distant past)

(This is in a locked LJ post, but if you don't have an LJ, just leave a note when you sponsor Fireborn, and I'll contact you by e-mail.)

Fireborn: Dragon Skips Dinner

In honor of being awarded a Prolific Blogger Award, by someone who loves Fireborn, I'm posting a second chapter this week.

(For new readers, the story starts here.)

Thank you to everyone who's reading!

DRAGON

Dragon walked away from Lotus and the healer, remembering that Orchid had come back after taking the grass into town, asking after Skimmer. And he hadn’t seen Skimmer all day. Could Skimmer really be fireborn?

But if he was, Orchid would have hidden him somewhere and come to tell her Mom she’d solved the mystery. And she hadn’t.

And the longer he thought about it, the more Dragon remembered all the petty little tricks Skimmer played on the younger kids when he thought no one was looking. He liked Orchid’s spunk, but she was so tiny—if Skimmer got her alone, there was no telling what he’d do. Especially if he took offense at her thinking he might be Fireborn. ( Read more... )

___________

As always, I hope you'll take a moment to leave a comment!

 

And for new sponsors, here is a link to the patrons-only short story, Butterfly Dream (a peek at the distant past)

(This is in a locked LJ post, but if you don't have an LJ, just leave a note when you sponsor Fireborn, and I'll contact you by e-mail.)